Jon, who led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the 2002-03 Super Bowl title, interviewed Jay as part of the usual pregame broadcast routine Saturday.

They were competitive as boys growing up and have been mutually supportive of each other as adults, but their sibling banter remains as strong as ever.

“He’s very good at what he does, and he won’t jeopardize what he does for my feelings, that’s for sure,” Jay said with another laugh. “He never has.”

Actually, Jay Gruden has been doing a good job of self-critique without any help during his initial months on the job. After his first preseason game, he candidly admitted: “I need to fix my game day awareness.”

It’s not often an NFL coach will say something like that, even if there’s a good excuse: Jay Gruden only had to focus on one side of the ball during his three seasons as offensive coordinator with the Cincinnati Bengals.

“Sometimes I get so focused in on offense and what’s going on, I’m reading the iPad thing and looking at the plays — and there’s a game going on out there I’ve got to watch,” he said. “So there’s things like that I need to focus in on a little bit more. The preseason games are equally as important for the coaches as they are for players.

“It’s a great experience for me, and I know I’ve got a long way to go to improve myself, but just little things — simple awareness things — and being able to communicate and see what’s going on.”

Jay Gruden also said he wants to fix the pregame warm-up because, well, it “just felt like it was a little weird.”

“Just little things, like how long we’re out there for stretching, one-on-ones and all that stuff — just a couple things that I didn’t feel comfortable about,” he said. “Certain things you just don’t really think about, and pregame warm-up is one of them.”